Author: ProHoster

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2: comparisons with the original, new gameplay and lack of monetization at launch

Recordings and comparisons of the gameplay of the remake of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 have been published on YouTube. The duology was reassembled in accordance with the original projects released in 1999 and 2000. In addition, it will offer an old soundtrack (possibly incomplete), consisting of compositions by Dead Kennedys, Rage Against The Machine, Bad Religion, Goldfinger, Millencolin, Naughty By Nature, Primus, Lagwagon […]

ASUS has introduced a 5-year warranty on a number of models of monitors in the ProArt family

ASUS has announced an extension of the warranty period to five years for ProArt Display PA and PQ series monitors purchased in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The ProArt family of monitors is designed for professional media content creation, including video editing, 3D design, photo editing, image processing, etc. All members of the family have a set of parameters that allow […]

New LSS Antec Neptune equipped with ARGB illumination

Antec has announced the Neptune 120 and Neptune 240 all-in-one liquid cooling systems, designed for use in gaming desktops. The solutions are equipped with a radiator of standard sizes 120 and 240 mm, respectively. In the first case, one 120 mm fan is used for cooling, in the second - two. The rotation speed is controlled by pulse width modulation (PWM) in the range from […]

Smartphones Samsung Galaxy M51 and M31s will receive 128 GB of flash memory

Internet sources have information about two new Samsung smartphones, the official announcement of which may take place as early as this quarter. The devices appear under the code names SM-M515F and SM-M317F. These devices are expected to hit the commercial market under the names Galaxy M51 and Galaxy M31s, respectively. Smartphones will have a display measuring 6,4–6,5 inches diagonally. Apparently there will be […]

Security issues in patches proposed by a Huawei employee to protect the Linux kernel

The developers of the Grsecurity project drew attention to the presence of a trivially exploitable vulnerability in the HKSP (Huawei Kernel Self Protection) patch set, proposed a few days ago to improve the security of the Linux kernel. The situation is reminiscent of the Samsung case, in which an attempt to improve system security led to the emergence of a new vulnerability and made it easier to compromise devices. The HKSP patches were published by a Huawei employee and include […]

Coreboot 4.12 release

The release of the CoreBoot 4.12 project has been published, within the framework of which a free alternative to proprietary firmware and BIOS is being developed. 190 developers took part in the creation of the new version, who prepared 2692 changes. Key innovations: Added support for 49 motherboards, most of which are used on devices with Chrome OS. Removed support for 51 motherboards. The removal mainly concerns the end of support for legacy […]

Pavel Durov announced the termination of the development of the TON blockchain platform

Pavel Durov announced the completion of the project to develop the TON blockchain platform and the Gram cryptocurrency due to the impossibility of working under the prohibitive measures imposed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Telegram's participation in the development of TON has been completely terminated. Since the TON code is open, independent networks based on TON are expected to appear, but, according to Durov, […]

notcurses v1.4.1 released - a library for modern text-based interfaces

A new version of the notcurses v1.4.x library has been released “the saga continues! wu-tang! wu-tang!” Notcurses is a TUI library for modern terminal emulators. Literally translated – not curses. It is written in C, using C++-safe headers. Wrappers for Rust, C++ and Python are available. What is it: a library that simplifies complex TUIs on modern terminal emulators, maximally supporting […]

Zabbix 5.0 released

The Zabbix team is pleased to announce the release of the new version of Zabbix 5.0 LTS, which focuses on security and scaling issues. The new version has become even more convenient, safer and closer. The main strategy followed by the Zabbix team is to make Zabbix as accessible as possible. It is a free and open source solution and now Zabbix can be deployed both locally and […]

Aircraft electrical network design using Model-Based Design

This publication provides a transcription of the webinar "Designing an aircraft electrical network using Model-Based Design". The webinar was hosted by Mikhail Peselnik, Exhibitor's CITM engineer.) Today we will learn that it is possible to tune models for an optimal balance between the reliability and accuracy of simulation results and the speed of the simulation process. This is the key to using the simulation effectively and making sure that the level of detail of your […]

So what is it all the same, "protein folding"?

In the current COVID-19 pandemic, there are many problems that hackers have been happy to pounce on. From 3D printed face shields and homemade medical masks to replacing a complete mechanical ventilator, this stream of ideas has inspired and delighted the soul. At the same time, there were attempts to advance in another area: in research aimed at […]

YouTube Music launches Google Play Music migration tool

Developers from Google have announced the launch of a new tool that will allow you to transfer music libraries from Google Play Music to YouTube Music in just a few clicks. Thanks to this, the company expects to speed up the process of migrating users from one service to another. When Google announced its intention to replace Google Play Music with YouTube Music, users were unhappy because they did not […]